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THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1941 – May 15, 1968
Service recordThomas Leonard Seifert, of Willoughby, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Willoughby, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 2
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- JOHNNIE BRYANT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GARY JOHN SHEASpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GARY OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 27
- JOHNNIE BRYANT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 2
From Willoughby
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.